Shipping container



y 1954 K. c. FERGUSON ET AL 2,678,765

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May 18, 1954 K. c. FERGUSON ET AL 2,678,765

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preferably formed of Patented May 18, 1954 l'l'ED Indianapolis, Ind, aCompany, lndianapo ssignors to lis, Ind., a corporation Anderson BoxApplication June 9, 1950, Serial No. 167,118

1 Claim. i This invention relates to a shipping container corrugatedpaper board, and particularly adapted for the shipment of baby chicks,etc.

This application is a. continuation in part of the copending applicationSerial No. 106,838 filed July 26, 1949 and entitled Shipping Container,now abandoned.

One chief object of this invention is to provide a container that can bestacked with others and disposed in side by side position and insureventilation through the sides and ends and through the cover, etc.

Another chief object of this invention is to prevent so-called toepinching.

A further chief object of this invention is to construct the containerin such form that the cover is locked to the main body through coverexposed partition locks which, however, do not constitute rockingbearings in a stack of boxes, the cover, however, being mediallysupported by the partition so that center collapse of the case isprevented should upper boxes shift laterally and bear upon the centralportion of the cover.

The chief feature of the present invention resides in the constructionof the box, partitions therein and cover whereby the aforesaid objectsare accomplished.

Other objects and features of the invention will be set forth more fullyhereinafter.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claim:

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a developed plan of the blank forming thecover.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the blank the box proper.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the blank one or the transverse partitions.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the blank the other of the transversepartitions.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the shipping container disposed insuperposed relation to a second container, the upper portion only of thelatter being shown.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal central sectional View of the container and istaken 1m hediately at one side of the partition shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a transverse central sectional view of the container and istaken immediately at one side of the other partition shown in Fig. 4.

In Figs. 1, 5, 6 and 7, it indicates a cover form ing blank providedwith ventilating holes ll of suitable size and disposition and of thedesired forming forming forming with the base of greatest area.

number. Said blank includes transverse median crease l2 and coincidenttherewith are longitudinally aligned slots 13 hereinafter to be referredto more fully.

Each corner of said rectangular cover portion i0 is provided withacorner skirt formation M. The cover, if desired, may include smallslots it at the junction it of said skirt with said cover. These slotspermit the insertion of the anvil portion of a stapler when the cover isapplied to the box and the cover is to be stapled to said box.

The box, see Figs. 2, 5, 6 and 7, comprises a bottom ll, two end walls18 and two side walls l9. Flaps 26 on the end walls may interior'ly lapthe side walls and be stapled thereto as at El. A suitable number ofventilating holes 22 of suitable size and disposition may be provided.The resulting box is frusto-pyrarnidal in shape The cover, when appliedto said box, does not extend beyond the projected outlines of saidbottom. This permits close side by side disposition of containerswithout preventing side and end ventilation thereof.

The end walls have a greater effective height than said side wallsexcept at the box corners. The top edge 23 of each end 18 is notched outas at 24 to provide a ventilation slot when the cover is applied. Thetop edge 2%: of each side 29 is angled as it were, having its lowestportion at the center. This top edge also is notched at 26 so that whenthe cover is applied to the container an elongated ventilating slot isprovided adjacent the cover and in the side wall.

The partition 28 shown in Figs. i and 5 includes end flaps 2i and a mainbody portion having a series of ventilating holes as generally indicatedat 28a. It also includes a central slot 29 for interfitting with thepartition shown in Fig. 3. The bottom edge (ill from the ends toward thecenter and terminating short thereof is notched upwardly as at 3!. Thecentral portion 33 also is disposed slightly above the bottom to preventtoe pinching, when assembled by stitching the flaps ii to the end walls.The cover, when applied, rests upon the upper edge 34 or said partitionand said edge also is dished or sloped downwardly and centrally. Thusthe cover can be dished downwardly since it is centrally creased asaforesaid at A2.

The other partition 35 shown in Figs. 3 and 7 is provided with a seriesof ventilating holes as generally indicated at 35a. It is formed withend flaps 35 adapted for stapling to the side walls and includes acentral slot 3? for interfitting association with the first mentionedpartition in the well known manner. The lower edge 38 of this partitionis generally disposed above the box door or bottom to prevent toepinching, as by a central supporting tap portion indicated at 38a.

The upper edge 39 includes two upwardly directed longitudinally alignedtongues 40, one or both ends of which are slit at 2 for forming alocking tab 33. When the tongues are disposed in the cover aligned slotsand these tabs are turned angularly they look down the dished centralportion of said cover to the top edg of said partition 35. In thislocked position the cover at the sides and ends is spaced from thebottom of the top edge notches in the side and end Walls.

vNote stapling at the corners will not effect cover dishing necessaryfor cover ventilation. Since the cover has no skirt at the centralportion of its side edges and the upper central portion of .the sides isnotched out as described, the aforesaid partition locks effect coverdishing and cover locking whether the cover be stapled at the corner orsuch corner stapling is omitted.

While the aforesaid description has been in great detail, same is to beconsidered by way of example only and not by way of restriction,reference being had to the appended claim for the scope and definition.

The invention claimed is:

A shipping container of the character described having a bottom andinwardly and upwardly disposed side and end walls, each of said wallshaving cover supporting corner portions rising therefrom with the upperedges of said walls intermediate said portions disposed below the upperedges of said corner portions, 3, cover resting at its corners only uponthe said corner portions to span the lengths of said walls between saidcorner portions and lie in spaced relation to the intermediate portionsof said walls, corner skirt portions depending from the corner portionsonly of said cover spaced from each other and integral with said coverand in overlapped embracing relation only with the corner portions ofsaid walls, the spaces between said cover and the upper edges of saidwalls between said cover skirt portions providing elongated ventilatingopenings for the interior of said container adjacent to and under theexposed edges of said cover, upstanding partition walls disposedmedially lengthwise and transversely within said container and extendingto the ends and sides of said container, said partition walls havingtheir upper edges disposed in substantially the same horizontal planewith the upper edges of said corner supportin portions, whereby themedial portion of said cover and its side and end edges will bemaintained at all times spaced from the upper edges of said intermediateside and end wall portions, andmeans for locking the upper edges of oneof said partition walls with the overlying portion of said cover.

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